As a Designer you will contribute to the growth of Huw David Design through creating original, thoughtful and creative work for our clients. You will work alongside the Senior Designers and Project Managers on a variety of projects, delivering exceptional work for our clients — on time, on budget and on brief.

A week after graduating from the University of South Wales in Graphic Communications, I began my work placement as a Junior Designer at Huw David Design. As my first internship after University, I arrived nervous as I entered the real world of graphic design but within the first two minutes of being introduced to the team, I realised I was going to enjoy it. They are such a friendly team and they put me to ease straight away as I sat down in the first Monday Morning Meeting.

I was involved in a number of live projects, which included designing posters, campaigns, social media graphics and website graphics. Compared to the deadlines in University, it's been useful to witness the fast-paced turnaround times and short deadlines. It was great to see that I was able to keep up with the rest of the team and meet the deadlines set in place. Throughout my time I was working at Huw David Design, I was able to improve on working at a faster pace and quickly generating key ideas.

I soon learnt that the Huw David Design Team have a great office culture and there was never really a dull moment. Instead of working in silence, the team had bags of personality and were happy to bounce off each other as they work.

The team were also no strangers to a little office fun – there was plenty of talk of their love for cakes and I definitely knew I was going to fit in here. I only wish I could say the same for The Great Custard Tart Off, finishing with the dreadful time of 1 minute 45 seconds, I need to up my game!

Every day the team had me laughing and I can't thank them enough for making my time here so enjoyable and hopefully, this is not goodbye - only a see you soon.

We are an established and successful branding agency that loves helping our clients to transform their businesses through brand strategy, design and brand management. We believe these services are important to all businesses.

We have a clear and deliverable five-year growth strategy, that requires the creation of a new position of Business Development Manager.

Working alongside the Managing Director and existing Account Managers, the successful candidate will be a critical member of the team with the opportunity to influence the future sales strategy.

Overview of Role

You will be a dynamic and suitably experienced individual working as an integral element of the Huw David Design team. Your primary role will be to manage, and often lead, the business development cycle. You’ll recognise yourself as a ‘doer’.

We are looking for someone to help build on our existing client base and identify more businesses who would benefit from our great services.

You will be expected to identify potential clients, to prospect them, then build relationships to help turn them into satisfied customers who keep coming back.

What’s in it for you?

Excellent basic salary and bonus opportunity (negotiable)

Company pension

Flexible working hours — if you think you’re a good fit for us, but need more flexible working hours, we’re happy to discuss this

Key position with real influence on the future growth of the agency

Requirements

Minimum 2 years track record of hands-on success for finding, winning and retaining clients

Conversant with the sales process and successful client database management

Prospecting for potential new clients and turning them into firm clients

Excellent communicator at all levels

Forecasting and achieving sales targets

Attending industry functions and networking events

Building relationships with new and existing clients

Interpreting the client’s business needs

Positive, mature and professional, can-do attitude

Previous experience in an agency environment would be advantageous but is not essential to be considered for this role.

Summary

We hope that the information above provides you with an overview of the role and responsibilities linked to the Business Development Manager role, together with the main duties of the post. If you think you are the person we’re looking for, we would love to hear from you!

To apply for this role, we require you to send us a copy of your CV, along with a covering letter which will explain why you think you’re right for us. Please also include your salary expectations.

It’s a very daunting task to review the last 12 months in one short blog post. I will have to restrain myself from writing about a 2017 that’s been dominated by Donald Trump, Brexit and generally being disappointed by people in the public eye that should really do better. My brief has been to focus on little old us — Huw David Design.

2017 has been some year in the history of HDD. The culture and team that we’re developing is really starting to show through. Daily life within the studio is full of laughter, smiles, bad jokes and ‘bants’, but importantly, it’s full of an awesome team of people that have really helped to drive HDD forward this year.

We’ve produced a quite remarkable body of work, for what is still, a relatively small — but growing — agency. Our processes, structure and skillset continue to develop and long may this continue. We’ve been involved in some amazing projects that have pushed us forward as a business, but importantly, helped our clients grow their businesses.

As we begin to wind-down for the Christmas break, I’m already excited for what 2018 is destined to bring us. We’re involved in some great projects that will be launching in the first quarter of the new year, all of which are developing nicely and in the safe and capable hands of the HDD team.

The challenge is to keep building on the good things that we’re doing, or have done. It’s been very pleasing to meet with our clients through these last few weeks and review our work to date with them. Overall, the feedback generally seems to be for us to keep doing more of the same, but better ;)

So, here’s a big ‘cheers’ to the HDD team and our wonderful clients for the challenges, opportunities and support they have provided through 2017.

Lewis joined the team as a Junior Designer in 2016 and has been making our ears bleed ever since. If you like inflicting audible pain on your colleagues, check out his tips on being the Office DJ!

Rather than offer you a handful of savvy designer insights or advice, I was encouraged by my peers to write about the Office Politics of Playing Music in the Workplace.

Being one of only two people in the team who has a premium Spotify account, naturally I get given the minefield task of being studio DJ most days. Although I try to keep everyone happy with songs they’re familiar with, there’s only so many times you can play Billy Ocean without wanting to set fire to yourself.

With this in mind, I’ve been told that the power of my newfound role is starting to get to my head as I have a tendency to veer off into playing artists that are more tailored to my taste. Admittedly, this is the case, but as an avid gig goer who always has their finger over the new music pulse, I can’t resist the urge to slip in a few newbies to the daily mix but ALWAYS in consideration of the ears around me (!)

Yet however thoughtful I think my song choices are, you can’t satisfy everyone, not completely at least. But through trial and error I’ve sussed out where the musical boundaries lie and have developed a sweet spot of go-to artists that everyone here at Huw David Design is on board with.

If you’re like me and constantly on the search for new music to obsess over, or in desperate need of sprucing up your music listening habits that happens to be office radio friendly, then look no further!

I’ve compiled a playlist of lesser-known infectiously catchy singles that are played on a regular basis here at HDD. Hit play on this bad boy and prepare to blow your colleague's minds!

If you’d like to talk tunes with Lewis (for some reason?!) you can contact him at Lewis@huwdavid.net

Katie recently joined the HDD Team as a Freelancer and got stuck in as soon as she arrived. Her experience working within agencies has been a massive benefit to the studio and luckily for you, she’s sharing her wisdom as a very special Christmas treat!

After graduating Falmouth Uni 2 years ago with a degree in Graphic Design, I can remember feeling daunted at the prospect of being thrown into the big bad world of graphic design. But before I knew it, I was lucky enough to bag myself a few placements in various agencies around the country such as Cornwall, London, Bath and back home, in Cardiff.

It was after about 6 months of being in and out of agencies on placements that I found myself doing freelance work, and I’ve been doing it ever since. Although I’ve only been freelancing for a year and a half, I’ve learnt a lot in a short space of time...

1.Be Brave

Initially, it’s quite scary going alone in the design world, but I’ve learnt it’s important to take risks and believe in yourself. Step out of your comfort zone - you’ll appreciate the fact you did and pat yourself on the back.

2.Meet Face to Face

I really recommend getting out there and meeting people face-to-face, the old fashioned way. It’s so important to make personal connections, not just with potential clients but with other people within the graphic design industry.

3.Keep in TouchI definitely believe that things happen not because of what you know, but of who you know. It was keeping in touch with a senior designer from another agency that lead me to freelancing at Huw David Design.

4.Take BreaksIt’s so easy to just work solidly the whole day without taking a break -whichleads to total creative block (guilty!). You will find that it is difficult to trace even the most common creative element in yourself then. A 20-minute walk to take your eyes off the screen can work wonders to clear your head and get your creative brain refreshed and back on track.

5.Do things you love on the sideAs well as my freelance work, I run an Etsy shop on the side. I find it a great way to stay excited about my graphic design work, keep my entrepreneurial skills sharp, and most importantly - it’s fun!

If you’d like to peruse Katie’s gorgeous Etsy store, you can find it here - or contact her at Katie@huwdavid.net